Forest Whitaker Quotes
I think I've made some choices that maybe I wasn't so sure about for some reason or another. But I'm one of the lucky ones. Even when I was young, I played Bird, and that's a role people wait for their whole lifetime.
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Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
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I've never had to explain 'Prometheus' to people, ever. Most people get it.
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Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
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The reason our games generate so much revenue is because we're stupid enough to charge $60 for a box or $50 for a download or something. You need used games because most people can't afford those prices.
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We have just been working hard to have people to come out to vote and to make sure people understand how important the election is.
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I changed the city of New York. I gave people back their morale.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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People only see what they are prepared to see.
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It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.
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All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad.
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For me, there are no my people and strangers, no bad people and good people. All people are equal for me.
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The most interesting letters I received about 'The Name of the Rose' were from people in the Midwest that maybe didn't understand exactly, but wanted to understand more and who were excited by this picture of a world which was not their own.
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I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
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The magazine, the daytime show, we've always tried to write affordable, accessible. Those are key words for us, and I do mean us, a huge staff of people at the magazine who love to cook affordable, friendly food that helps families eat better for less.
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The reality is the world is a really, really big place, and there's a lot of people running around with a lot on their mind. And you really have to figure out how to build a company that can put on a message that can actually reach people and have an impact globally.
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I have been immeasurably honored to serve the people of Maine for nearly 40 years in public office and for the past 17 years in the United States Senate. It was incredibly difficult to decide that I would not seek a fourth term in the Senate.
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Most people think I'm immodest.
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I think at Le Cirque I learned how to make real food, which is what people crave, not just gimmicky things on a plate.
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Colombian culture has had a huge influence on me and taught me a different way of looking at things - I was always different from the people I went to school with, and I learned to embrace that.
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I wander around, get the lay of the land and try to imagine what kind of people would have lived there in that historical period. What would they eat? What kind of clothing would they wear? How did they shelter themselves? How did they get around?
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One of my personal plights in this business is about playing 'The Sassy Black Girl.'
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The idea that women journalists bring a different taste in stories or sensibility isn't true.
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With the exception of women, there is nothing on earth so agreeable or necessary to the comfort of man as the dog.
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I think I've made some choices that maybe I wasn't so sure about for some reason or another. But I'm one of the lucky ones. Even when I was young, I played Bird, and that's a role people wait for their whole lifetime.
